In fact, the deal dates back to 2015 UAW contract negotiations. In a statement, Fiat-Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne said the moves "have been under discussion with Dennis Williams and the rest of the UAW leadership for some time."

Notice a pattern here?

Last week Ford announced it was canceling a $1.6 billion Mexican expansion to instead make a $700 million investment in its Michigan plants that will create 700 jobs. Trump took credit for that move, saying it “is just the beginning”:

Thank you to Ford for scrapping a new plant in Mexico and creating 700 new jobs in the U.S. This is just the beginning - much more to follow

Ford CEO Mark Fields later clarified the move as strictly a business decision, telling CNN Ford "didn't cut a deal with Trump" (though he acknowledged the move was a "vote of confidence" in the Trump administration.)

Similarly, at the North American International Auto Show this weekend General Motors CEO Mary Barra defended the company's Mexican production as a business decision that was put in place long before Trump's campaign.

“This is a long-lead business with high capital-intensive investments, decisions that were made two, three and four years ago,” she told reporters.